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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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